Thanks for the review, Paul. I have two Tidradio H8s and LOVE THEM so after seeing your review I ordered the H3. Thanks again!

I have one of these radios Paul. IT IS GREAT! a really good handheld ! I made a 43 mile simplex using the long antenna that came with it. I love mine!

Pulse?

I was planning on getting one for hiking. If you come across a snakebite victim or heatstroke, I thought it might be useful.

I don't have a license. Give me a reason. I'd like to get into amateur radio, but so far it doesn't seem worthwhile. I have a UV-5R that's unlocked so I can reach all the frequencies. I know not to try to talk to any of the ham radio operators because they can get nasty. I'll just listen to the chatter and try figure out if it's worth the time and money to get a license.

Mine just landed can’t wait to get it..😃

Hi Paul...Kevin Here Thanks for this informative video. One question. My same unit has a strange smell when off only .. soI called the company and she said to order Mad Tabs and clean the drain pad and put these self cleaning tablets in the pan. My question is. Do you know how to access and clean the pan and drain hole in the pan??? Just figured I'd ask you before taking it all apart now? Waiting on my tablets anyway. Thanks Very Much !!!!!😮😮

There is no such thing as a trucking community anymore. The real truck drivers that could handle the job have been hazed out by micromanaging college grads and migrant workers. The trucks are all simplified and weak. They fall apart once a week. The mechanics have all become a walking parts catalog. But what really killed CB radio isn't what happened in the trucking industry. What killed it was the ignorant pirates that muddy up channel 19 with their outlaw base stations.

Paul. I have a similar set up with 2 smaller Deltas (each linked together- 1800wh), powering on each of my 3 floors and I start my small dual fuel propane (4 30pound tanks) generator to recharge all the Deltas simultaneously to 90% in 70 minutes for 12 more hours of power. 2 gallons of fuel used per day, NOT using my 800 watts of solar panels during the day for extended outages. Good vid. Thanks

I did the same type of thing in 1999 after hurricane Floyd. I used a cheap Marine Deep Cycle battery from Walmart, 300 watt inverter, a car battery charger, and a 2500 watt generator. Since the inverter was so small, I ran a small fan, 12” TV/VCR combo, and a 5 watt CFL light bulb in a lamp. Every few hours I would run the generator and charge up the battery. At that time, I plugged in my refrigerator and upright freezer and ran them off the generator. I ended up using about a gallon a day. The new fast charging power stations are a game changer as they can fully charge in a little more than an hour.

Get two mechanical three prong appliance timers. Set them both to 12:00 am. Set the timers so one comes on for an hour and then off three hours, then back on for an hour off an hour. Set the other timer the same way, but offset by two hours. So it works like this: Plug in both time zero off. Time 1 hour #1 on, #2 off Time 2 hour both off Time 3 hour #2 on, #1 off Time 4 hour both off Time 5 hour #1 on #2 off And continue for the entire 24 hour. You won’t save 1/2 the power because when the refrigerator is on, it will run harder, but you will use about 80% of the power and not have to worry about having not on at the same time.

I have a 5 db and my friend haves a 3db we get 3 miles

A lot of the drivers are foreigners now so you can't understand them anyway and they can't understand themselves

I see a lot of trucks without Antennas. I always check when I pass them. Many companies banned the High power radios or modifying a truck. Most use cell phones since mid 2000s . Lots of jamming going on now to and CB "wars" have also turned the truckers that did listen to just turn the radio off. Sad. I loved all the traffic that used to be out there when traveling the I-90. I remember bases used to monitor speed traps and relaying information to others passing through...now Waze seems to be it..

I love my CB - Don't get me wrong. But 90% of the chatter is unintelligible and unhelpful nonsense. I use it for traffic alerts and issues, and also use the weather band. But mostly I keep it for emergencies, in case Snake Pliskin enters the world code and everything digital shuts down. Then I at least have some way to communicate...

Ace! This saved me. Followed all steps and I’m back in business like new.

Always use cb on long trips. Got me out of a traffic jam from trucker instruction. Good for that. Think u need a linear for respect. I would like to get one Thx for video

New York State is particularly isolationist, and as such, not happy with CB. Warmer climates see a lot more. It almost collapses in roadsalt season. Use a CB radio with an RF gain instead of a squelch. Weak receive is important. FM on CB is sabotage. It works horrible. SSB is outrageously capable. Be picky what antenna model you buy. Talk softer when you drive than when you are silent. Keep a mobile at home, in a comfortable spot. CB use ignites more CB use. Also take them in boats, camping.

I tried CB locally . Got more on AM. Much less on FM. I did hear some truckers talking.

Can someone leave link to this antenna? That range is Great!

Great video! I've used that same logic at my house. Part of my thought was that I wanted to have power at night, but I don't want to have that generator sitting outside making noise all night. I also worried about it being taken overnight if it isn't being watched. I have a Bluetti power bank (500Wh) to keep a couple of lights on and keep my fridge and freezer running once I shut the generator down for the night.

Expertly mounted in your car? Ya right.😂😂😂

It seems that the only thing that's active are HF bands on Ham.

If you were up here in canada, you would have heard quite a bit of chatter on GMRS since our walkie talkies often run GMRS/FRS.

We have a few semi-active repeaters in the Nashville area. I am considering getting a dedicated GMRS for all my cars.

😅😅😅😅 I don’t know the body a little tight in Ammo can. May need to triple the size!!! Of that Ammo can Only playing .

On a moderate day a single solar panel of 200ish watts would extend that battery run time dramatically, so you'd probably get a whole day of power. But as you get to having a day of power the efficiencies of scale that make whole house solar viable come into the planning.

GMRS, when created as FRS, was super short range radio. It was basically 2 watt or less walkie talkies mostly used by hikers, skiers, and others who wanted person to person communications without hassle. GMRS with the higher power (typically up to 5 watts, although 50 watts is allowed on some channel) still was mostly used as point to point "family" radios. I don't think it has generated enough interest and enough mass appeal to be anything other than that. CB radio overall is pretty dead now, unless there is something specific going on (traffic jam, etc). Also, with the use of FM approved, you may find that operators have moved in that direction. Finally, let's not forget cell phone based apps. Zello is awesome to be honest. Works pretty much everywhere, doesn't have range limits, doesn't have skip, interference, or any crap like that, and you install nothing except to put your phone on a cradle so you can use it that way. Zello based walkies and traditional "cb looking" radios with PTT mics are widely available and cheap as chips. So yeah, radio is nice, but it really is a rotary dial level communications tool now.

We have a bougeRV cross country penn to calif and back without a hitch LOVE IT!!

I live in Fl. I bought a pecron solar power station and a generator for our infamous storms. I now have 5 of them and 2 expandable batterys with 1600 watts of solar soon to be 2400 w's of solar. I have been running my fridge and chest freezers 24/7 and other items for over a year now. Did your wife go to SUNY at Buffalo? I graduated from their back in 1990. Great video!

It's easy to remove & clean the barrel fan, it doesn't need a lot of room either... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9VolsRmu52dh40.html

sad for me but i have a ford aluminum truck. there is no magnet that works for me. and i have not found a roof rack for this truck. thought about a rack on the bed right behind the cab. but the manufactures love them to much. but yes a better antenna out does, more power out of the radio.

How long will it run a 10,000btu AC Unit?

The lithium batteries are a game changer for home backup for sustaining higher currents compared to lead acid batteries.

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Bro made a 14 second video 😂 . You had another 46 seconds to say what it is . Me says it's rage bait 😂😂

We had purchased the Ecoflow Delta 2 Max w/220 Bifacial panels and the 800w Alternator charger to be used for boon docking with our RV a few weeks ago. We also have a Honda EB3000c generator. As luck would have it, a nice storm rolled thru town and about 350,000 folks lost power. Ours was out for 73 hours. Basically used them identical to your test scenario, running the fridge, coffee maker, T-Mobile internet, couple of fans and lights. First day we charged the Delta using the alternator charger hooked to our Jeep. Took over 3.5 hours to fully charge an almost depleted battery. Wasn't crazy about having to run the Jeep that long. Next couple days we would recharge using the generator for about an hour in the morning and then top it off for an hour in the evening. Didn't bother hooking up the solar panels as all 3 days were overcast, but at even max220w, it would have taken a long time to recharge. Have to say this setup, ecoflow and generator combo, worked very well and would highly recommend it as viable solution.

Im not entierly shure unplugging the refridgerators will work. As they will try try to cool everything down normal temp which means recovering all that energy lost in the poweroutage. Prob better unplug the at the and of the cycle if you know the power is returning. Or run them when the generator is plugged in. Recently had my fridge thermostat break and my half height fridge took 7 hours of running to cool everything back down from 13c i had in the backup cooler down to 4c

We went completely to the next level and went completely off-grid solar. With our own large battery storage system and several solar panel arrays ground mounted. We also have very high capacity battery chargers that give us 13 KW of battery charging capacity for Rapid charging in the event that we need to run a generator. A generator is most efficient when it's loaded fully or close to full load. Running a generator to run a few lights and a TV is very inefficient. But with the battery charging method we only have to run the generator for an hour or so to charge up the battery Bank with the high capacity charging. And when the weather is good we don't have to use a generator at all because solar provides all the energy we need.

GMRS is a lic required for use channels!!!! FRS is low power no lic needed.

Wouldn't that 12/3 extension cord be max rated at 20A? If both refrigerators are running, you could be at 10-12 amps alone. IMHO, and what I've done on my system, is to get as much off electricity as possible during an outage. Popcorn? Sure, but use a stove top popper. Need to cook and you normally use an electric range, fire up the grill. Things like ranges, space heaters and microwaves just use way too much energy when you are on battery and don't know how long you will need to use the battery.

GMRS is good for family communication or for emergencies, or communication with your trail buddies.You can get a lot of power output, and a whole family license from the FCC. I have been able to communicate with my home base with my mobile up to 12 miles, which is good if cell phones go down, and they have. On open roads I have gotten up to 25 miles, and double that on a repeater. Also consider there is Narrow band and wide band, and different DB antennas. 6 DB antennas are good for open areas whereas 3 DB antennas are good for city use, so keep that in mind while traveling. I use both antennas and are able to switch from one to the other. Hitting a repeater is the key, if you want to possibly talk to others, so program your radio with the repeater in your area and repeaters along your route, you can't find repeater locations by going to mygmrs.com. What's also nice is that I have been able to pick up ham operators from other states, which is good to be able to hear what's going on in other parts of America, especially during emergencies, also with the right handheld, you can program it to receive emergency, police, fire,.frequency, like a scanner. Something you can't do with CB. Overall I think GMRS is way better, more transmission power, you can use repeaters and doesn't require a test for a license.

That tape That you used is also called coax seal. It works great for waterproofing, but it doesn't handle uv well. I was told a long time ago to go over it with electrical tape for uv protection

Cool demo. I'm always amazed that people have to have their internet working. Where do they think the power is going to come from to supply the signal to the house during an outage?

well done

Your honda isn't "making 2200 watts" nonstop, it's just that at minimum output it still burns quite a bit of fuel. It burns much more fuel when making 2200 watts or when charging the power station. If nothing else, you can reduce the generator runtime and noise of a generator with the power station. More time silent is good.

Thanks for the video, am looking into CB. I just did a 6000 mile vacation from TN to ND, SD, Yellowstone NP, Teton, and back home. Was listening to ham 146.52 for the entire trip, completely dead. 30 miles into the trip my power cord to the Midland GMRS broke in the 12 volt socket so out of luck there.

sounds like gmrs is a waste of time.😄

I think if you plugged in several 100 watt solar panels --1,2,3,4 panels into your ECO Flow power station you could get many more hours of operation from your power station.

I'm a driver, here's what's going on. We use cell phones to kill time with our friends, but when weather or construction slows us down we go back to channel 19. CB is not dead! Heck they just added FM to the new radios. Hope this helps! I was gifted some Cobra walkie talkies trying to learn about these. Pretty fun 👍